Youth Threatens Man With Knife

October 26, 1994|By Daily Press

JAMES CITY — A youth with a knife tried unsuccessfully to take a 36-year-old man's sneakers Monday as the man walked past a group of youths near a pay phone in the 7100 block of Merrimac Trail, police said.

The youth stepped away from the rest of the group and demanded the victim's sneakers, said Investigator Jeff Vellines of the James City County police.

Then a second youth joined them, Vellines said.

When the victim refused to hand over his sneakers, the first youth produced a red-handled, 3- or 4-inch long knife, Vellines said. The victim looked at both youths and told them, "You're not going to do this," Vellines said.

Then all three walked away from each other.

The youth with the knife was a black male, with short hair, wearing a gray sweatshirt, Vellines said.